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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01
FOR FARM HANDS.
The Only Safe Way I'm Which They Can
Acquire Property and Prosperity.

The Only Safe Way In Which They Can
Acquire Property and Prosperity.
While writing on this subject. have
n word for farm hands, as doubtless
many of them read your paper. have
been an employer of help for nearly
thirty years, and as look back, l can
trace the history of many of the young
men who worked for me; and without
an exception, those who saved the bulk
of their wages have become men of
property, while those who drew and
spent their wages rs fast as they were
earned, are now living from hand to
mouth. l wish l could impress on
every farmland who reads this, the
Importance of saving and safely invest
ing a part of his wages rs soon rs he is
master of his own time. If you save
one hundved dollars the first year you
work, it Ray be worth more TO you than
u thousand dollars IL few years later. l
would much rather Il son of mine
should earn by his own labor one hum
dred dollars the first year he was
his own master, than to have him make
one thousand dollars by speculation.
and if found that he had saved three
fourths of his wages. l should feel that
his financial future was safe. 1t is so
easy to spend money, and the tempta-
tions are so many, that it is ol.!y here
and there one will save it. have had
four hands during the last five years,
and but one of them saved dollar ON
his years work,
know that it looks like II slow way
to get start in the world to lay up II
paltry hundred dollars II year, but he
who does it, in few years has enough
money to buy team and tools to begin
MS u renter, or to make payment on II
piece of land which will be II home for
him. have met ut institutes and 9TH
er farm gatherings during the last ten
years thousands of the leading farmers
of several States, and have often been
surprised to find that the best and
wealthiest among them began life as
falm-laborcrs, and have fought the bat
tie of life single-handed. l have three
neighbors now who began us farm
hands within twelve Yeas, who work ed
by the month until they saved five hun
dred or six hundred dollars each, and
who rented farms, and who have now
DouShb tnciil' lHey Wcrt Nll young
men who took an interest in the work,
never thought of the ten hour-pla', and
whose wages were Increased from year
10 year. When young man is all the
time afraid that he will more than earn
his wages, he will rarely stay the second
year ON farm, but when he makes
himself Indispensable to his employer,
he usually stays mt advanced pay. 1t
took me three years OF hard work to
save three hundred dollars, but those
three hundred dollars We're worth to
me more than could possibly have
foreseen ut that time. There are
plenty Of openings on tho farm for
young men OF pluck and principle, and
the chances of success are ns good now
MS when ! started..--IK, Il, B,V,Un, is
Country Gentleman.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01
AGE AND EXPERIENCE.
The Intellectual Force of Men Who Are
Old in Years and Wisdom.


Old In Years and Wisdom.
We make II great mistake in America
when we lay our old men ON the shelf
while they are still in their prime rs
counselors. Benjamin Franklin was
sent to France rs a Minister when he
was seventy years old, and the best
work he did for his country he did be-
tween his seventy-tirst and seventy
eighth years. The State of New York
had All absurd statute which removed
Chancellor Kent from the bench because
he was sixty-tive. After that time he
wrote and published his Comment
aries, book recognized by every
lawyer and statesman as one of the
most important books in the study of
our jurisprudence. So much good did
the country gain from one Of the fire.
qucnt absurdities of New York legisla-
ton. In England, Lord Palmerston
and Mr.. Gladstone are recent instances,
we'll remembered, of the force which
statesmen gain, almost by the law of
geometrical progression, from the MEM
Ory of the experiments which fall, from
what l call organic connection with the
national life of the last two generations.
The truth is that the old analogics
and some of the old saws deceive us in
our social conditions of to-day, in which
life is longer, and the human frame in
better order generally, than it was n
hundred years ago. Perhaps the lower
races of mankind, and the worst fed or
ders of society, do not show much im-
provement in the passage of centuries.
But in the class of men and women
from which leaders are drawn. from
which come teachers, authors, law-giv-
ers, inventors, or, in general, directors
of society, these people are ON the aver
age in better condition at
seventy than their ancestors We're
at sixty. They have better
chance for life, they have ten years
more experience, by the measure of
time, and by the measure Of amount,
they have hundred times more. One
might not take the risk of conduct
ing great war, with the Count
Won Moltke ut the head of ones armies,
when he is over eighty years old. But
50 far as intellectual force goes,
and immense experience, with the
knowledge of men and certainty what
they will do--so far as these go-the
Emperor William has been wise in
trusting his affairs to Bismarck, though
Bismarck be counted such IN old man.
Bismarck is no older ut eighty than
Richelieu was at three score.-EdwarG
EocreH Hale, IN Chautauquan.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

The "F1ying Buckeye" Is the name Of \
new train put on the winter sche ule OF
the Bee Line It leaves Dayton s:45 and
arrives at Cincinnati at 10 30 q. m. stop
ping at M amisburg, Franklin and Middle
town for passengers, at q. & s. Junction
to register and at the crossing Of the
G. II. q ID. II. X. In Cincinnati. The rate
Of speed allowing for the stops is forty
winter, but the Bee Line people claim they
can run 1t twenty minutes quicker, as
their road bed Is full ballasted and track
laid with steel rails weighing G5 pounds
to the yard.
The New York and Boston Limited Ex.
pr ~ leaving Cincinnati at 1905 p. m, and
arriving Mt New York 80 p. M, and at
Boston 0:l0 p. IN. (90th Meridian time), ts
the fastest east-bound train from South
western Territory in America.
This ira n has been run successfully for
New York business for two years, and Is
therefore no experiment. but previous to
the recent change OF time, Boston passen-
gers by this train were subjected to delay
OF four hours and FORTY IN nutes Mt Albany
and from there were taken by slow train,
arriving at Boston 0:25 next morning.
The management has at last conc uded
to shorten the time to Boston and the Bos-
ton u Albany railroad supplies the lacking
ingredient by adding n spec ally fast train,
leaving Albany promptly on the arrival of
the Limited and arriving at Boston lO:lO
p. nj. Eastern time). This reduces the
time between Cincinnati and Boston to 20
hours and minutes, shortening Of AZ
hours.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01
GIRL RAG-PiCkERS.
The Romance of an Old Coat Picked Up
by One of Them.

by One of Them.
A little off Center avenue, on Hazel
street, stands the rag shop Of an old
Pole. tits nm unpretentious brick build
ing, to which n coat of light green paint
has been applied. In the interior are
stacks npon stacks of assorted rags.
The owner was not at home when the
reporter called, but his presence was
not necessary to an unraveling Of the
mystery which surrounds the business,
rs his wife was us well up in II as she
appeared to be in the rearing of half
dozen children who clustered round her
knees.
1--WE have many girls working for
u.s." she said. "Thcir scarcity may be
known by the fact that we had to adj
vertisc for some. The work they have
to perform is not laborious. As soon as
the dozen men we have gathering the
rags return to the shop, their harvest is
given into the hands Of man to in
spect. All of the rags which are soiled
or supposed to be infectious are taken
out by him. These he thoroughly
cleanses by putting through u machine
used for that purpose.
"The clean ones are put directly into
the hands Of the girls. AS they are
paid by the hundred weight, tits but q
short time until they are assorted.
Barrels are used for this work. Into
one is thrown the white fabric; into an
other, the colored, and so on. Pieces
Of silk are separated from cotton and
wool.
when sufficient amount of each
has been sorted to form sack say of
five hundred pounds, they are thrown
into it, bound and sent away. AS we
must deal through middlemen, they do
not reach the factory in which they are
converted into paper ut once. The
middleman gives them an additional
examination, rectifylng in doing this
any negligence which may have been
practiced by those who first handled
them"
'.Do the girls make any thing like
fair wages Mt the work." asked the re-
porter.
YES" she responded, ''if they ap-
ply themselves to it. Many of them
make us high as eight dollars week.
The indolent makes less, and retire
from the business in consequence"
"Do they ever find any valuables
among the ragsp" was also asked.
well, in the first place, the gather
ers have an opportunity to first exam
inc them. 1t is rarely that they prove
dull enough to leave any thing be-
hind"
One Of the rosy-cheeked damsels,
whose deft fingers bring order out OF
the chaos Of rag pile, said: "When
first went into the business l had as a
companion girl who loved a man
above her station. She was pure and
true. In her pickings she came across
u coat. She was prompted to search
the pockets. In one of them she found
u letter. 1t told of her. The coat be.
longed to her suitor, and what she read
was such travesty on herself and hel
love for him that it killed her. In d
few months we took up subscription
among the girls to lay on her coffin.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01
THE BEST ENGLISH.
An Engllsh journal Conceded That II II
spoken by the Americans.

An Engllsh journal Conceded That II Is
spoken by the Americans.
We laugh at the II guess" of the
Yankee, and seem to look upon it as u
phrase of his own invontion-forgetful
or unaware of the fact that early in the
seventeenth century it was in common
use, as, indeed. it had been rs early MS
the fourteenth. Is it not employed rs
the Americans employ IL in Chaucer's
linep--
OF twenty year of age he was, gesse,
and In Shakespeare's
Better far guess,
That We do make our entrance several waya
Henry vi. H., I.
When our cousins puzzle us by speak
ing of tho "fall' instead of the ''ali-
tumn' thoy are again using good seven
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

is sometimes exhibited in our public exhi-
bitions. When we gaze upon some Of tho
peculiar freaks dame nature occasionally
indulges in, our minds revert back to the
creation of man, ''who is SO fearfully and
wonderfully made" The mysteries of his
nature have been unraveled by DR.. r. v.
edge of those mysteries he has been able
to prepare his "Golden Medical Discov-
ery,'' which is specific for all blood taints,
pOisons aud humOrs, such o. scrofula, PIN.
pies, blotches, eruptions, swellings, tu-
mora. ulcers and kindred affections. BY
druggists.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

1t seems strange that it Is necessary to
persuade men that you can cure their dis
eases by offering premium to the man
who fails to receive benefit And yet DIR.
Sage undoubtedly cured thousands Of cases
OF obstinate catarrh with his "Catarrh
Remedy" who would never have applied to
him, if it had not been for his offer Of the
above sum for an incurable case. Who is
tho next bidder for cure or cashl
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

is the lady who uses cosmetics, face lotions,
white lead, bsmuth powders, arsenic, etc,
in the belief of enriching and Identifying
the complexion. II is LSt tHmpncsry. and
ultimately destroys .ifc sSin rS.yond the
power of nature to restore. Stop u! Stop
It row, and use only Dr., Harter's Iron
Tonic, which imparts the vigor and lowell
ness of youth.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

DR.. Bernays, of st. Louis, recently
successfully performed IL gastrotomy
upon tailor aged forty, for the OK.
traction of IN ordinary silver-plated
dinner knife nine and One-half inches
long, which he had swallowed in imita-
tion of the juggler's feat.-St. Louis
Post.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

---Excellent Lemon Pics: One lemon
grated, in which put two tablespoonfuls
OF -four, u cupfill and half boiling
water; stir in the yolks of four eggs and
frost with the whites. This makes two
pies. - Toledo Blade.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

THE wind is always blowing about some
thing; but there is nothing in it.-N o.
Picdyu,H.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

GEN. Ruvus INoAILs, Cen
eral, says 81. Jacobs Oil is the best pain-cure.
Governors and other officials recommend
Red Star Cough Cure, as safe, prompt, sure.
Price, twenty-five cents bottle.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

Of health is to be found in DR.. r. V. Pierce's g
"Favorite Prescription" to the merits OF
which, as remedy for female weakness
and kindred affections, thousands testify.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

THE Public Awards the Palm to Hale'e
Honey of Horehound and Tar for coughs.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

THERE are thirty thousand brass bands
in this country. That accounts for our ter.
riblo wind storms. s.--Bozton Transcript.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

A SLIGHT COLD, ifneyectad, often attacks
the lungs. BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocuEs
give sure and immediate relief.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

"WnAT might be considered tho shortest
way to spell doyi-K 9."-Aew Age
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

EVERY miser should have chest pro
tector.-Bost0n Post.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

FEMALE dancers were first introduced in
the ballet in 1851. Some of them are with
us yet.-Cdn.bridqe CkronicS.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

VINO make the best prophets in winter
Plumbers und coal dealers.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

Ip afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's EyeWater. Druggists sell it. 25c
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

!vo Opiun, In Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton. Cures where other remedies fail. 25c.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

OXYGEN CURE. Throat, lung, nervous di,
aases- Book free. Dir. Geppert, Cincinnati, c
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01
A Bonanza Mine

RAILROAD brakemen should emgrate tc
Switcher-i iand.-St. Pau! Herald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

THE latest thing for breakfast-theyo young
man of the family.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01

AcRosTIc--A rafter. Don't give it away.
-SOmsyviIis Journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01
A Decetvetl Woman

RECKLESS men are going ITO Rouen.-Ss.
Paul Herald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-01
1900 Not Called For.

LEAD astray-the shot of groom sports
man. YOnkers Gdzette.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-01
sent Back the swag.

Charlotte, N. O., Feb. 26-Judge
William p Bynum returned to his home
in this city Thursday after an absence of
six weeks in Florida, and found that
while he was away his residence had
been entered by burglars. A trunk which
contained $1,000 worth OF solid silyer-
ware had been broken open by the burg
lars and all the silverware stolen. The loss
of this valuable ware greatly disturbed
Judge 3ynpm, and ln his efforts to get
a clue he made visit to the office of the
Southern express company in the hope
of finding trace Gifts shipment. In this
however, he was unsuccessful, and he
had turned to leave the office, when one
of the clerks called him back.
There is heavy box for you here"
said the clerk, shipped from New York =
''WelI," the Judge answered adj
stractedly, "send 1t down to my house. !"
judge Bynum then returned to his
law office and all thoughts of the box
passed from his mind. But when he
went home from dinner he found heavy
iron hooped box awaiting him. Curious
to know what the box contained he
proceeded to open it. He found that it
was double box, and when the inner
lid was removed he was astonished to see
his missing silverwsre. Not SC much as
a spoon was missing, and the ware he'd
not been injured in the slightest degree.
The mystery of the theft and return of
the goods has not yet been solved.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-01
An Ordinance.

An ordinance to amend section two "a of
chapter 81 of the Revised Ordinances, entitled
"Eire Limits"
The Mayor and 0oanci1 of the City Of Yank-
ton, do enact.and ordain as follows:
Section J. That section two ~ of chapter 81
Of the revised ordinances of the city of Yank-
ton, entitled Fire Limits, be and the anme is
hereby amended to read as follows;
Sec. g. Material of buildings therein
penalty: That within the limits heIeinbefore
described, no person, firm or corporation shall
erect or establish. CAUSE to be erected or
established by removal or otherwise, any
building whatever, or addition to any building
whatever, unless the outer walls tkereof shalI
be made of brick and mortar, or of iron, or of
prohibited from hereafter erecting or estab-
building, the outer walls of which are COM
posed of Wood or other combuslible material;
and any person violating any. provision of this
chapter shall be deemed guilty of committing
nuisance, and on conviction thereof snsll be
fined in any sum, not ssss than twenty i've dol
lars nor more than fifty collars; and any build
ing or addition to any building hereafter ersc-
ted or established within said limits, contrary
to the provisions of this chapter, shall be re.
moved at the cost of the person 40 erecting the
same an aforesaid.
Sec. 2. This ordinance shall take effect and
be enforced frofl and after Its passage and ap-
proyal.
Adopted January srd. 1887.
E. NJ. Q'BRIEN, City Clerk.
T Approved January 10th, 1887.
CD. b. HARRIS, Mayor.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-01

There are rumors from the northward
direction OF winter Of unparalleled se-
verify and travellers bring accounts of
snow drifts mountain high and plains
buried fathoma deep in the winter de-
posit. Here where the ground is bare
and q kindly sun smiles from unclouded
skies we are slow TO realize the deyasta-
ton of winter in the abode of our norsh-
ward neighbors. 1t has been period ci
unrelenting hardship winter filled
with storms and intense cold and con.
tinuous snow blockades. With our bslmy
atmosphere and southwark outlet we
have suffered none of the Inconvenience
OF contiguous polar embargo, but oul
sympathies go out to the sufferers Of
the snowy belt.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-01

T.
During the days of eastern, northern
and western railroad blookades the south.
ern route brings us regularly our semi
daily instaliment of mail without regard
to the conditions elsewhere existing. BY
this southern route Yankton secures the
earliest installments Of metropolitan
information through the Omaha Bee, one
of the best of western publications,
When trains are on time the Bee reaches
Ysnkton on the day of it's issue and its
colnmns are filled with the news OF the
world. The weekly Bee is also valuable
paper to this section and it is usually in
the field with attractive premiums to
subscribers
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-01
Special Tax sale.

NOTICE is hereby given that in pursuance Of
IN a special assessment and tart levy made by
the mayor and council of the city Of Yankton
ID. T., on the Goth day of December, 1856 for the
purpose of paying the cost of certain improve
meDGs consisting of side walks in front Of and
along the side of certain blocks and lots
ordered and made by resolutions of the mayor
and council of the said city Of Yaakton. u II.
and due notice of such special asses sment and
tax levy having been published and said tax
having now become delinquent and interest
and penalty accrued thereon, shall on SAT-
URDAY, TBE 26th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1887,
proceed to sell at public sale all the real estate
upon which said tax now is or shalt remain
unpaid, to pay such lax and costs thereon.
said sale viii take place ut the front door OF
the court house in the city of Yankton, u. II. !.
between the hours of . and 10 O'Clock q. m.
The following 10 q description of the real estate
to be sold and this amount due upon each lot
part of lot or parcel of real estate respectively
Said smount includes the tax levied. the
penalty, interest. cost of advertiAing and sale
Supposed owner Eliza Walker, lot z; block 30.
Lower Iankten. Amount Sa7.70.
Supposed owner Mrs. j.. johnson. undivided
one-fourth, west two. thirds lot9, block a.
Lower iankton. Amount eI1,52,
Supposed owner Christ Eirshman, lot 8, block
90, Lower Yankton. Amount 1910.
In witness whereof have hereunto set m.
hand this 18th day of January, 1857.
WILLIAM kLATT. City Trea8urer
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-01
CHINESE EXECUTIONS.
A sGnad of Nineteen strangled and
DecapItated.

A SGnnd of Nineteen Strang1ed and
DecapItated.
Yokohama Gazette: December III at
Pekin was execution day, and there
were thirty-one prisoners, among whom
were several men OF rank, who were
under sentence of death by decapitation
or strangling. On the day previous the
convicts were treated to o bountiful re-
past of wine and Tictnals, according to
an ancient custom with prisoners Just
before their execution. Early the next
morning the condemned were taken out
of their cells and placed between two
bodies of soldiers, and having been se-
curely bound and manacled, were
placed in carts and at once conveyed to
the execution ground outside of the
Hsuon Wa gate, were mat shed had
been erected for the accommodation oil
the judges and other officials con-
oerned in experimenting the execution.
At little after noon the imperial
order was received consignipg three OF
the cplprits to death by decapitatiop and
sixteen by strangulatiOn, and to the re-
manning twelve, four of whom were nen
holding official positions, his majesty
granted reprieve, and they were sc-
cordisgly taken back to their cells. Ii
| WIS about four O'clock in the afternoon
when the executions were ended. It is
| said that man related to the imperial
family, by the name OF Tsaisap, who was
under sentence of death by strangulatior
and was to be executed on the same day
with the other prisoners, escaped by
climbing over the wall on the might
previous, and although strict search was
made, he has not yet been rearrestei.
/ Among the pardoned was CHANG
Oh'eng, admiral of the Chinese feet al
Fooohow at the time of the slaughter b,
the French last year. This unfortunate
man had been immured in dungeon
ever since he was taken to Peking, ant
lis life had been given up as lost by al
his friends and relatives. tits, however
Lit rumor is correct, to the efforts o
Yiceroy l., Hung Chang, who inter
ceded IN his behalf with the Seventh
Prince when his h1ghness yisite,
Tientsin, that he owes his life. On tina
occasion the viceroy represented that a
China has at present urgent need of nae
who are qualified in naval and miiitar
warfare, it would be wise policy on th
part OF the government to save suo
} men as Chang Ch'eng and the other
| who were then awaiting sentence {
death at the capital.
On December 18th three more crimiu
ais we're executed, two by decapitatio
and one by stranQulatlOu,